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Environmental Permits: Public Property Rights In Private Lands And The Extraction And Redistribution Of Private Wealth, Jason S. Johnston
Environmental Permits: Public Property Rights In Private Lands And The Extraction And Redistribution Of Private Wealth, Jason S. Johnston
Notre Dame Law Review
Back in 1995, Professor Epstein famously termed such use of the permit power a “racket,” and as observed very recently by Dave Owen, still today many landowners and conservative critics would agree with the Supreme Court’s description of the process (in Nollan v. California Coastal Commission) as an “out-and-out plan of extortion.” However extortionate such deals may be, regulators with permit power may require landowners to bargain with them before developing their land or else face legal sanctions. This Essay explores in more detail how such bargaining has played out under two of the most important permit regimes in …
Quantitative Valuation In Environmental Law, Arden Rowell
Quantitative Valuation In Environmental Law, Arden Rowell
Notre Dame Law Review
Quantitative valuations of environmental impacts affect and sometimes determine the substance and stringency of many environmental laws. At the same time, a constellation of psychological factors makes environmental impacts unusually difficult for individuals to see, understand, and care about. As a result, the environmental valuations that inform environmental law are particularly vulnerable to contextual cues, small shifts in framing, and methodological choice, and can lead to sincere but wildly varying valuations of the same underlying environmental impacts. These distortions become increasingly apparent when valuations are quantified, and in fact can be used predictably to push quantified valuations “up” and “down” …
We Still Have Lessons To Learn From Woburn, And Flint Is A Good Place To Start, Rose Mooney
We Still Have Lessons To Learn From Woburn, And Flint Is A Good Place To Start, Rose Mooney
Notre Dame Law Review
By analyzing a previous water contamination lawsuit, this Note offers advice to litigants battling their current water crises. Specifically, this Note assesses the water contamination crisis that occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts, from the mid- to late-twentieth century and offers guidance to litigants fighting for clean water in Flint, Michigan, today. There is strength in this type of comparison: “Change in legislative actions and policy- making often result from previous environmental disasters out of which the public demands a change. In other words, we arguably learn from these disasters and effect changes to prevent them from occurring again.” The Woburn litigation …
The Lack Of Regulation In Preventing Greenwashing Of Cosmetics In The U.S., Alexa Riccolo
The Lack Of Regulation In Preventing Greenwashing Of Cosmetics In The U.S., Alexa Riccolo
Journal of Legislation
If you walked through your local grocery or beauty store today, there is no doubt that you would be bombarded with thousands of different products. You may also observe that many labels accompanying these products utilize terms such as “organic,” “natural,” or “green” in their marketing efforts. Most consumers look to these labels and trust that the products are better for their health and the environment. In a recent study, over 80% of millennials believe that purchasing ecofriendly products not only improves their quality of life, but 75% of millennials are actively looking to make greener changes in their homes …
Negative-Value Property, Bruce R. Huber
Negative-Value Property, Bruce R. Huber
Journal Articles
Ownership is commonly regarded as a powerful tool for environmental protection and an essential solution to the tragedy of the commons. But conventional property analysis downplays the possibility of negative-value property, a category which includes contaminated, depleted, or derelict sites. Owners have little incentive to retain or restore negative-value property and much incentive to alienate it. Although the law formally prohibits the abandonment of real property, avenues remain by which owners may functionally abandon negative-value property, as demonstrated recently by busts in certain coal and oil & gas markets. When negative-value property is abandoned, whether formally or functionally, the rehabilitation …